carpet dieing need advice

[karlmarx]

I have a blue carpet i bought last week and it was expelling it insides I pulled it out and some pieces of it came off and it left a white slime on the bottom. so what do I do with it? It doesnt smell like dead fish but it is having some issues.

 

[xxpipedreamxx]

If it is slimy and falling apart chunk it in the trash.

 

[karlmarx]

Yea thanks hard to throw away something alive ya know.

 

[xxpipedreamxx]

And that would be the last time I post here. Ya know, I really hate attitudes.

 

[karlmarx]

Sorry but I didnt have an attitude just bad punctuation maybe.
I just wanted to get some confirmation before I throw some alive away.

 

[bluerug]

Well the truth is, it is better to put it out of its misery, if it is falling apart its toast the truth be known. Unless you want it to kill everything in your tank i suggest you flush it down the toilet.

 

[rkelman]

I agree. Its waaay too far gone to have any hope for survival.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Re: carpet dieing need advice

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10377334#post10377334 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by karlmarx
I have a blue carpet i bought last week and it was expelling it insides I pulled it out and some pieces of it came off and it left a white slime on the bottom. so what do I do with it? It doesnt smell like dead fish but it is having some issues.

can you post a picture?
It's not unusual for a haddoni going through a rough acclimation to "expel it's insides"- you should have never touched it IMO.
A dead anemone smells really bad. Yours might not be dead yet.

 

[xxpipedreamxx]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10382534#post10382534 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by karlmarx
Sorry but I didnt have an attitude just bad punctuation maybe.
I just wanted to get some confirmation before I throw some alive away.

I am not syaing anything bad about yourself but I do not understand why people buy anemones and such that have a really hard time adapting to captivity.

Like I was saying in the beginning, if it is actually falling apart, it is more than likely too far gone to even worry about. Carpets normally do not turn around for the better once they are that bad off. There are exceptions to every rule, but that is generally the case.

Pics would be helpful as well as info on your system. Especially the lighting. Normally unless it is completely rotten, you will not smell it unless you pull it out of the tank. By that time, it has messed up the system pretty bad and you will need to do water changes and run carbon especially if it was a large nem.